Infant&#39;s garment



March 1943- E. SHERIDAN 2,312,981

INFANTS GARMENT Filed April 4, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR M4.

ATTORNEY E. A. SHERIDAN INFANTS GARMENT March 2, 1943.

Filed April 4, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEN 0 4. J24, %ATTORNE Patented Mar. 2, 1943 1 I INFANTS GARMENT Edward: A; Sheridan, Pawtucket, R. 1.,assignor to Vesta Under-wear Company; a corporation of Ithode Island.

Application-April 1, 1940 Serial No; 327,344

2. Claims.

My present invention relates to infants" garments and in particular aims to provide an improved and simplified construction for aninfantsshirt, to eliminate centrally positioned buttons and other irritating reinforcement and supporting parts.

In the drawings, illustrating by way "of an example an infants shirt embodying my invention,

Fig. l is a front view of an infants shirt, the front portion being shown buttoned to the back portion;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the front being unbuttoned and folded back;

Fig, 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the right portion of the garment being turned to disclose the complete absence of reinforcing tapes on the inner surface; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank for making the improved infants garment.

Referring to Fig. 1, the infants garment illustrated comprises a body portion it having a back I I and a front !2, the back having a narrow forwardly extendin support l3 to which the front may be buttoned. Two sleeve portions 14 and are provided, if desired, the sleeve portions being secured by sewing to out out por tions of the blank as hereinafter described. The sides of the shirt are provided at the lower ends with reinforcements l5 of standard type for attaching diapers in the usual manner. All exposed edges of the garment are preferably finished as by elastic seaming ll.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the back H has an arcuate neck out out It, and the front l2 has a deeper arcuate neck out out I 9, the support l3 being provided with a thin vertical tape which has a plurality of buttons 2| secured thereto. The shoulder 23, formed by sewing as hereinafter described, also has one or more buttons 24 positioned or secured to the same. The front l2 has a reinforcement tape 25 sewed to the inside vertical edge thereof, and provided with a plurality of button-holes 2S, and has a smaller reinforcing tape 21 secured to the inside upper edge thereof and provided with button-holes 28, the button-holes 28 being aligned with the buttons 24 and the button-holes 26 aligned with the buttons 2|. It may be noted, referring to Fig 3, that the tape 20 is secured to the support i3 by light stitching 23 so that no reinforcement tape or the like is positioned on the inner surface of the support.

The front l2, when folded over as illustrated in Fig. 1, has its button-hole tape 25 positioned over the support t3, and the reinforcing tape 2-5 is thus prevented from engaging with the body of the infant, the reinforcement tape 2? similarly extending overthe upper edge of the support, whereby no buttons, reinforcing tapes, or the like some in contact with the infants body.

The improved infants shirt thus has no irritating tapes, buttons, or other projections, and provides the infant with a complete'chest coverage which cannot openorbecome unbuttoned so as to expose the infants chest. Moreover, there is no tendency for the parts to spread or separate, as the buttons are all at one side, wherefore the pressure exerted by the infants chest on the front of the shirt merely serves to more snugly fit the shirt to the infant, instead of separating the buttoned parts.

The novel construction also has the advantage that additional protection may be readily given an infants chest by providing a double front thickness without interfering with or inconveniencing the dressing or undressing of the infant. In practice, the novel shirt is found to possess substantial advantage, both in dressing and undressing, as the infant is placed on the back of the garment, and the front is then readily buttoned at the side.

The novel garment is more easily manufactured, and at a lower cost than standard central button garments, as a single blank of continuous material, such as illustrated at 35 in Fig. 4, completes the entire garment with the exception of the sleeve portions, the blank being readfly out from any desired textile material. The blank includes a body portion 3! having a narrow V shaped out 32 at the upper portion at the right hand side and a second narrow V shape cut 33 positioned between the first cut and the left side of the blank, thus dividing the upper portion of the blank into three sections, the section I30! forming the support, the section Ila forming the back H, and the section lZa forming the front i2, each of the sections being out as indicated to provide shoulder tabs for the finished garment, it being found desirable to make the left hand shoulder tab 34 of the section IZa higher than the shoulder tab 35 of the section Ilia, to thus provide additional length for preventing drawing or pulling of the garment at the right of the shirt when the parts are buttoned together as indicated in Fig. 1.

In completing the garment, the left section of the blank is folded over along the vertical dotted line 36, after the edges have been sewed and the reinforcing tapes have been secured thereto, the

right section l3a being folded and. joined at the corresponding shoulder tab to the back shoulder tab. The narrow cuts 32 and 33 thus form the sleeve portions or sleeve cut outs, to which sleeves l5 may be sewed.

The novel shirt thus possesses manufacturing and assembly advantages that lower the cost of the finished articles, as there is very little Waste of material; and the novel infants shirt facilitates dressing and undressing of the infant, does not open or stretch or spread to expose the infants chest, and hangs freely and fits snugly, thus resulting in a more desirable infants garment.

Although I have described a specific constructlonal embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that changes may be made in the size and proportions of the parts, that the sleeves may be mediate back, and a support, the back having an arcuate neck and shoulder tabs, the support being narrow and having a shoulder tab seamed to the adjacent back shoulder tab, and the front being of substantially the width of the back and having an arcuate neck and shoulder tabs, the front shoulder tab adjacent the back being seamed to the adjacent back shoulder tab, the support having a button tape on the upper face, and the front having a button-hole tape on the rear face adjacent the edge, the height of the front shoulder tab not seamed to the back shoulomitted or may be made full length as desired. 7

1. An infant's garment of continuous material having three sections providing a front, an interder tab being greater than the height of the support shoulder tab.

2. A blank for an infants garment, comprising a rectangular portion of continuous material having two narrow vertical slits extending downwardly from the upper edge to provide three sections, the intermediate section having an arcuate neck portion and two shoulder tabs, one section being relatively narrow and having a shoulder tab, the third section being of substantially the width of the intermediate section and having an arcuate neck portion and two shoulder tabs, the height of the third section shoulder tab which is not adjacent the intermediate section being more than the height of the narrow section shoulder tab.

EDWARD A. SHERIDAN. 

